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Learn about George Jensen

Danish silversmith Georg Jensen (1866 - 1934) served his apprenticeship under Holm of Svartgade, Copenhagen and became a journeyman in 1884, at the same time taking classes in art, modelling and engraving. From 1897 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and briefly worked for Bing & Grondahl

In the 1890s, he came under the influence of Mogens Ballin and spent some time in his workshop in 1899. In 1900, he won a scholarship which took him to Italy and France. On his return, he established a small porcelain factory with Joachim Petersen but this proved unsuccessful and he opened his first workshop in 1904 producing a small selection of silver jewellery.

He specialised in semi-precious stones and enamelware set in silver, and his designs for brooches, buckles and pendants were inspired by nature and the ideals of the Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts movement.

In 1907, he began collaborating with the painter Johan Rohde in translating the forms of post-Impressionist painting into the medium of silver. The cutlery and table silver for which he is renown today belong to the latter part of his life (1914-1935). more...The earliest pieces by Jensen, from 1908 to 1910, when he won a gold medal for silverware at the Brussels International Exhibition, are much sought after.

After his death, the George Jensen brand continued, assisted by a group of talented designers he had recruited and nurtured. As one of the most talented, original, and influential silversmiths of the 20th century, Georg Jensen silver designs live on today as an international luxury brand with 94 fully owned stores and over 1200 employees.

In 2012 the Georg Jensen company was purchased by venture company Investcorp for $US140 million.

A pair of Georg Jensen earrings by Registze Overgaard, sterling silver, hallmarked 925S Georg Jensen Denmark from the Devoted heart Range by designer Registze Overgaard, presented as small clip on earrings of swirled panels of silver terminating in a polis

A Georg Jensen sterling silver tazza, 1945 onwards, model 263 A, designed by Georg Jensen in 1918, the tazza having a finely beaten finish to the bowl and spreading foot and decorated with pendant grapes and vines to a grape adorned and spiral twist stem;

A Georg Jensen sterling silver sugar bowl, 1945 onwards, model 456 B designed by Harald Nielsen, the two handled cup form bowl with a slightly flared rim and having a faint beaten finish to the interior and exterior, the elegant 'C' form threaded and folia

A Georg Jensen sterling silver 'Acorn' punch or soup ladle, 1945 onwards, in acorn or Konge pattern number 62, designed by Johan Rohde, 1915, having a shaped bowl in a lightly beaten finish, the handle with small ribs, bands and a broader faceted section t

A small Georg Jensen sterling silver tray, 1979 with date mark F10, model 600 B designed by Harald Nielsen, of pleasingly plain form the circular tray with low straight sides and a flattened rim, with an outer narrow channel; hallmarked underside with 1945

A Georg Jensen sterling silver 'Acorn' sauce ladle, 1945 onwards, in acorn or Konge pattern number 62, designed by Johan Rohde, 1915, with a shaped lightly beaten bowl, and an ionic scroll and bands to the throat, the long slender faceted handle with a pie

A Georg Jensen sterling silver pill box, 1945 onwards, model 79D designed by Georg Jensen, the cushion shaped circular box in a lightly beaten finish with a fold over lobed rim and a floral motif in low relief to the centre; hallmarked underside. Silver we

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